Volgodonsk

Volgodonsk

Волгодонск
Volgodonsk Волгодонск
City
	Volgodonsk City Administration building
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Volgodonsk
	Volgodonsk Location of Volgodonsk Volgodonsk Volgodonsk (Rostov Oblast)
	Coordinates: 47°31′N 42°09′E / 47.517°N 42.150°E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Rostov Oblast
Founded	July 27,[source?] 1950
City status since	1956
Government
• Body	Council of Deputies
• Head of Administration	Victor Melnikov
Area
• Total	182.3 km2 (70.4 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	170,841
• Estimate (2025)	162,908 (−4.6%)
• Rank	107th in 2010
• Density	940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Volgodonsk Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Volgodonsk Urban Okrug
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Volgodonsk Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Volgodonsk Urban Okrug
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)	347360—347399
Dialing code(s)	+7 8639
OKTMO ID	60712000001
City Day	July 27
Twin towns	Dolni Dabnik, Tamási
Website	www.volgodonskgorod.ru

Volgodonsk (Russian: Волгодонск, IPA: [vəlgɐˈdonsk]) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is in the east of the oblast. It is on the west side of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir. Population: 170,841 (2010 Census); 165,994 (2002 Census); 175,593 (1989 Census); 28,000 (1970).

History

Volgodonsk was founded in 1950. It was a small settlement for the Tsimlyansk hydroelectric dam workers. It grew because of the building of the Volga–Don Canal. It became a city in 1956.

On September 16, 1999 a truck bomb exploded outside an apartment building. It killed 17 people and injured 69 more people. It was the fifth explosion in a series of apartment bombings in Russia that killed more than 300 people.

Geography

Volgodonsk is in the eastern part of Rostov Oblast. It is between Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd. Other big cities close to it include Stavropol, Krasnodar, and Elista. It is in the Salsky Steppes.

Volgodonsk has a continental climate. It has cold winters and warm summers.

Economy

Volgodonsk has one of the bigger economies of Rostov Oblast. Nuclear power is the main industry in the city. Volgodonsk has the Atommash factory in it. This factory makes nuclear reactors and heavy machines. The factory makes Rosatom's VVER type pressurized water reactors too. Four of these reactors (VVER-1000 model) generated about 26 600 GWh of electricity at the Rostov nuclear power plant. This nuclear power plant is 18 km from the city center.

Culture

Volgodonsk is one of the bigger cultural centers of Rostov Oblast. There are six art schools, two museums, seventeen historical and cultural sites, and three buildings that are architectural monuments of regional importance. The Cathedral of the Nativity is also in Volgodonsk.

Notable people

Oleh Drozdov (born 1966), Ukrainian architect, artist, and teacher
Vitali Kazantsev (born 1981), Russian football coach and former player
Aleksei Germashov (born 1982), Russian professional football player
Aleksandr Omelchenko (born 1983), Russian professional footballer
Olga Beliaeva (born 1985), Russian water polo player
Nikita Borisoglebsky (born 1985), Russian violinist
Dmitry Kudryashov (born 1985), Russian professional boxer and the current WBA International cruiserweight champion
Anna Grineva (born 1988), Russian water polo player
Anna Ustyukhina (born 1989), Russian water polo goalkeeper
Ekaterina Prokofyeva (born 1991), Russian water polo player
Yuliya Yefimova (born 1992), Russian swimmer
Pavel Filatyev (born 1988), former soldier in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Twin towns

Tamási, Hungary

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 Law #340-ZS
1 2 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 86. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
1 2 Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
↑ Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2025 года (in Russian), Moscow: Federal State Statistics Service, 25 April 2025, Wikidata Q133797648, archived from the original on 26 April 2026
1 2 Law #186-ZS
↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
↑ Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.
↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. [All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.

Sources

Законодательное Собрание Ростовской области. Закон №340-ЗС от 25 июля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ростовской области», в ред. Закона №270-ЗС от 27 ноября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в областной Закон "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ростовской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Наше время", №187–190, 28 июля 2005 г. (Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast. Law #340-ZS of July 28, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Rostov Oblast, as amended by the Law #270-ZS of November 27, 2014 On Amending the Oblast Law "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Rostov Oblast". Effective as of the official publication date.).
Законодательное Собрание Ростовской области. Закон №186-ЗС от 9 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границы и наделении статусом городского округа муниципального образования "Город Волгодонск"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Наше время", №275, 10 ноября 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast. Law #186-ZS of November 9, 2004 On Establishing the Border and Granting Urban Okrug Status to the Municipal Formation of the "City of Volgodonsk". Effective as of the official publication date.).

[Ref133-1] 1 2 3 4 Law #340-ZS

[gr-2] 1 2 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 86. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.

[2010Census-3] 1 2 Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.

[wikidata-fd993a9c13bb7891b0137df5bf8563b664d8d6a7-v20-4] Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2025 года (in Russian), Moscow: Federal State Statistics Service, 25 April 2025, Wikidata Q133797648, archived from the original on 26 April 2026

[Ref874-5] 1 2 Law #186-ZS

[vremeni-6] "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

[PostalCode-7] Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)

[PopCensus-8] Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.

[Census1989-9] Demoscope Weekly (1989). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. [All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.

v t e Administrative divisions of Rostov Oblast
Administrative center: Rostov-on-Don • Rural localities
Districts	Aksaysky Azovsky Bagayevsky Belokalitvinsky Bokovsky Chertkovsky Dubovsky Kagalnitsky Kamensky Kasharsky Konstantinovsky Krasnosulinsky Kuybyshevsky Martynovsky Matveyevo-Kurgansky Millerovsky Milyutinsky Morozovsky Myasnikovsky Neklinovsky Oblivsky Oktyabrsky Orlovsky Peschanokopsky Proletarsky Remontnensky Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky Salsky Semikarakorsky Sholokhovsky Sovetsky Tarasovsky Tatsinsky Tselinsky Tsimlyansky Ust-Donetsky Verkhnedonskoy Vesyolovsky Volgodonskoy Yegorlyksky Zavetinsky Zernogradsky Zimovnikovsky
Cities and towns	Aksay Azov Bataysk Belaya Kalitva Donetsk Gukovo Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Konstantinovsk Krasny Sulin Millerovo Morozovsk Novocherkassk Novoshakhtinsk Proletarsk Rostov-on-Don Salsk Semikarakorsk Shakhty Taganrog Tsimlyansk Volgodonsk Zernograd Zverevo
Urban-type settlements	Gluboky Gorny Kamenolomni Sholokhovsky Uglerodovsky Ust-Donetsky

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Volgodonsk Волгодонск
City
Volgodonsk City Administration building
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Volgodonsk
Volgodonsk Location of Volgodonsk Show map of Russia Volgodonsk Volgodonsk (Rostov Oblast) Show map of Rostov Oblast
Coordinates: 47°31′N 42°09′E / 47.517°N 42.150°E / 47.517; 42.150
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Rostov Oblast
Founded	July 27,^[source?] 1950
City status since	1956
Government
• Body	Council of Deputies
• Head of Administration	Victor Melnikov
Area
• Total	182.3 km² (70.4 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	170,841
• Estimate (2025)	162,908 (−4.6%)
• Rank	107th in 2010
• Density	940/km² (2,400/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Volgodonsk Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Volgodonsk Urban Okrug
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Volgodonsk Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Volgodonsk Urban Okrug
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)	347360—347399
Dialing code(s)	+7 8639
OKTMO ID	60712000001
City Day	July 27
Twin towns	Dolni Dabnik, Tamási
Website	www.volgodonskgorod.ru